State Allowed to Grill Defence Witness over Statement Implicating Accused

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The state in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial is expected to continue cross-examining defence witness Sifiso Gwabini Zungu regarding contradictions in his testimony on Tuesday morning.  Zungu has been under cross-examination in the Pretoria High Court, where five men are on trial for the 2014 murder of the Bafana Bafana captain.  He has alleged that he was assaulted at various locations following his arrest in June 2020.  However, he says he was re…

State allowed to grill defence witness over statement implicating accused

The Pretoria High Court on Monday ruled that the state may cross-examine a key defence witness in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial on a prior statement in which he implicates one of the accused, with the grilling set to continue on Tuesday. The long-running trial, now nearing 12 years since Bafana Bafana captain Senzo Meyiwa was shot and killed in 2014, resumed with the defence continuing to present its case. Five men stand trial for Meyiwa’s murde…